“He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Nahum 2 contains 13 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.